Rihanna: Will Her New Album Drop in December?

Rihanna has been releasing new Fenty Beauty products and Savage X Fenty lingerie all year, and her fans have been patiently waiting for new music – or at least info about when it is coming out. Now it appears that they’ll have to wait a few more months for that new album.

Sunday (Sept 8) was the annual “Open session” for Universal Music France, and they gave the scoop on new music coming later this year. One artist they mentioned was Rihanna.

Many of the French journalists left the event and started tweeting that her album would drop later this year. Although the tweets are in French, Twitter fan account @Rihanna2 translated them for everyone. They all said the same thing: Rihanna’s new album is coming in December.

One journalist, Steven Bellery, wrote, “Le nouvel album de @Rihanna sortira au mois de decembre !,” which translates to, “Rihanna’s new album in December.” Another journalist, Eric Bureau, also gave similar info saying, “Nouveaux albums de @kanyewest en novembre @rihanna @theweeknd en decembre.